wire brush

noun

A brush that has bristles made of wire; used as an abrasive and on masonry etc; especially (when without a qualifier) the hand tool type of such a brush.

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Meanings

nounwire brush (plural wire brushes)

plural wire brushes

  1. A brush that has bristles made of wire; used as an abrasive and on masonry etc; especially (when without a qualifier) the hand tool type of such a brush.
verbwire brush (third-person singular simple present wire brushes, present participle wire brushing, simple past and past participle wire brushed)

present singular third person wire brushes · participle present wire brushing · participle past wire brushed · past wire brushed

  1. To scrub with a wire brush, especially the hand tool type.

Translations

Danish stålbørste
  • stålbørstebrush with bristles made of wire
Finnish teräsharja
  • teräsharjabrush with bristles made of wire
Irish sreangscuab
  • sreangscuabbrush with bristles made of wire
Norwegian Bokmål stålbørste
  • stålbørstebrush with bristles made of wire
Polish szczotka druciana
  • szczotka drucianabrush with bristles made of wire
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APA

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MLA

“wire brush.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wire%20brush. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wire brush,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wire%20brush.

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